you also got to remember were throwing 30 psi @ 8:0.1 comp.....a little easier to get away with

 

Is that a fair fight? Drag radials vs stock tires? If you stick drag radials on my car it would run 11's instead of high 12's. That makes a big difference. The terminator in that video couldn't hook up. Doesn't matter how much power you have if you can't connect....

You also have to take into account driver experience (which makes a huge difference at the track).

I'd love to see the SVO vs an 04 cobra on the same dyno.

 

yea because people race on dyno's right?

 

maybe you missed the point. if you stick drag radials on both cars and then race them....that video would be a better comparison between the two. all i'm saying is that whenyou take the exact same car and put drag radials on it it makes a huge difference at the 1/4 mile.

my comment on the dyno had nothing to do with who would win at the track. i'd just like to see both of them on the same dyno to see how they stack up.

 

The drag radials are the attempt to even out the fact that the Terminator has twice the engine.

You will make up a full second will radials? My SVO went ~.5 sec quicker on radials, but a full second seems to be pushing it a bit.

Very true...

This is my favorite line of the whole thread.[8D]

 

They were. Svo put down 533rwhp/514 torque.

 

i respect and love SVO's.....i'm dropping in a built motor followed by a KB in my 03 GT, but if i had a lil extra cash for another stang, i'd almost definetly buy myself a SVO....

I think the turbo-I4 that might have "missed" the performance crowd in the 80s sure as hell sunk its teeth into the late 90's - 2000+ crowd

now the fastest cars on the streets around me are all sti's, evo's, even the occasional SRT-4 (which I hate)

but yeah, I own a v8....but if money werent an issue, I'd also own myself an SVO haha....right now i onyl have enough cash for one project car

 

A 4CYL????? You need to get your head checked man, if you put a $1000 into a 4banger you will probly get 300hp. If you throw $1000 into a 5.0, you could get aprox. 450hp with the right tuning. It all depends on how much money you have. If your rich, go with a 5.0 for that hefty low gas milage, if you are a cheap *** get a 4cyl and you will have good mods and save money the gas milage. It just depends on what you are willing to pay and if you are willing to pay. You see all these cheap *** kids(im one of them), they dont have the money for gas so they got a 4banger, you see these kids drivin 5.0's, thier parents give them the money for gas. When you are young you dont need a fast car cause YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT. But when kids parents are givin them a $50 dollar bills left and right they dont know what its like paying for your gas. Rich kids out there, you arnt learning a lesson from your parents!!

 

Maybe some prefer the 2.3T because they like to stand apart from the crowd. I drive a 4 cyl SVO not because I'm a cheap *** kid, but because it is different. Other than my SVO's I have never seen another in my area. The typical 5.0's are a dime a dozen here, and I like to stand apart.

May I suggest getting a job?[&:]


Besides, nothing beats the reaction of the V8 guys when you tell them that it's a 4 cyl. "Bullsh!t man!" Then you open the hood and watch the jaw drop.

 

I have a job, and all my money is being dumped into my car and helpin my mom out. My parents rarely throw cash at me, I earn all of my **** on my own.